Harvard’s Institute of Politics adds political firepower to board

Harvard’s Institute of Politics adds political firepower to board

December 14, 2013, 12:56 pm

By Rachel Huggins

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/193169-harvard-universitys-institute-of-politics-shakes-up-board

Harvard University’s Institute of Politics has added Washington firepower to its new board.

Ken Duberstein, top lobbyist and former chief of staff to President Ronald Reagan, was appointed chairman to the institute and five experienced political insiders will serve on the senior advisory committee.

“I am very pleased to serve in this new role on the Senior Advisory Committee of Harvard’s Institute of Politics, an organization that I have been privileged to work with for nearly two decades,” Duberstein said in a statement Friday.

“As the polarization of today’s Washington, D.C. continues to sour youth on politics, the aim of the Institute – to inspire the next generation to serve – has never been more important," Duberstein continued, who also heads the lobbying firm Duberstein Group.

"I look forward to joining with this bipartisan group of new Committee members and helping the IOP’s staff and students achieve this critical goal,” he continued.

New members joining the board include former lawmakers Susan Molinari (R-N.Y.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine). Molinari now leads Google's public policy and government affairs team as vice president and Snowe serves as a senior fellow at the Bipartisan Policy Center. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy III (D-Mass.), Ron Fournier of National Journal and former Miami Mayor Manny Diaz were also appointed.

Harvard University’s Institute of Politics

Kenneth M. Duberstein is a senior advisory committee member for the Harvard University Institute of Politics, a trustee emeritus at the Hudson Institute (think tank), a trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a director at the Boeing Company.

Note: Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Hudson Institute (think tank), the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Urban Institute (think tank), the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the Children's Defense Fund, Common Cause, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), a senior director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLPValerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm Boeing Company.

Kenneth B. Mehlman was a partner at the Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, and a senior advisory committee member for the Harvard University Institute of Politics.

Richard L. Thornburgh is a life trustee at the Urban Institute (think tank), and was a director at the Harvard University Institute of Politics.

Caroline B. Kennedy was a director at the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, and a senior advisory committee member for the Harvard University Institute of Politics.

Valerie B. Jarrett is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

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Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Thomas R. Pickering is a distinguished fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and was the SVP for the Boeing Company.

W. James McNerney Jr. is the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing Company, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

Barbara G. Fast was a VP at the Boeing Company, and a VP for the CGI Group Inc.

CGI Group Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site.

Obamacare is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative.

Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.

Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.

R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

James S. Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Lester Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).

Sonal Shah was a fellow at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and is a resident fellow at the Harvard University Institute of Politics.

Margaret A. Williams is a senior advisory committee member for the Harvard University Institute of Politics, was a director of media relations for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and a communications director for the Children's Defense Fund.

James A. Leach was a director at the Harvard University Institute of Politics, the chairman for the Common Cause, and a trustee at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen Institute (think tank), the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the Children's Defense Fund, Common Cause, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank).

George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (think tank), the American Constitution Society, and the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank).

Antonia Hernandez was a director at the American Constitution Society, is a director at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and a senior advisory committee member for the Harvard University Institute of Politics.

Chuck Hagel is the chair for the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), the secretary for the U.S. Department of Defense, and was a senior advisory committee member for the Harvard University Institute of Politics.